The Problem of Labour in Fourteenth-Century England (Hardcover)

Attitudes towards `labour', in the wake of the Black Death, shown to range from early protest literature to repressive authoritarianism. At the very moment that the image of the honest labourer seemed to reach its apogee in the Luttrell Psalter or, a few decades later, in Piers Plowman, the dominant culture of the landed interests was increasingly suspiciousof what it described as the idleness, greed and arrogance of the lower orders. Labour was one of the central issues during the fourteenth century: the natural disasters and profound social changes of the period created not merelya "problem" of labour, but also new ways of discussing and (supposedly) solving that problem. These studies engage with the contrasting and often competing discourses which emerged, ranging from the critical social awareness of some of the early fourteenth-century protest literature to the repressive authoritarianism of the new national employment laws that were enforced in the wake of the Black Death, and were expressed in counter-cultures of resistanceand dissent. JAMES BOTHWELL and P.J.P. GOLDBERG lecture in history, and W.M. ORMROD is Professor of History, at the University of York. Contributors: CORDELIA BEATTIE, CHRISTOPHER DYER, RICHARD K. EMMERSON,P.J.P. GOLDBERG, KATE GILES, CHRIS GIVEN-WILSON, STEPHEN KNIGHT, DEREK PEARSALL, SARAH REES JONES.

General

Imprint:	York Medieval Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	December 2000
First published:	2000
Editors:	James Bothwell • P.J.P. Goldberg • W. Mark Ormrod
Contributors:	Christopher Dyer • Christopher Given-Wilson • Cordelia Beattie • Derek Pearsall • Kate Giles • P.J.P. Goldberg • Richard Emmerson (Customer Opt-In)
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	164
ISBN-13:	978-1-903153-04-8
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > World history > 500 to 1500 Books > Humanities > History > British & Irish history > General Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Labour economics > General Books > History > British & Irish history > General Books > History > World history > 500 to 1500
LSN:	1-903153-04-2
Barcode:	9781903153048

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